Name: Atrectus

NameAtrectus
Print refTV II 182.14 (list of abbreviations)
Sourceepigraphic
MaterialWriting tablet
LocationVindolanda, Northumberland
Population group
RegionHadrian's Wall
Datec. AD 92–115
General notesBrewer ceruesar[ius
Name typeSingle
Genderm
Element 1at-/ad- 'back, towards': DLG 31, 57; GPN 128-31, 142-5; KGP 111-7; OPEL i.19-28, 190-218 (abbreviations)
Element 2 rekt- 'law, right': DLG 255-6, GPN 241-2; KGP 257; OPEL iv.24; NPC 230, s.v. rextu-; but cf. Lambert, Three notes', 142-4 (Atrectus < *ate-drkto- 'the expected one'. (abbreviations)
Suffix
Occurs elsewhere in Roman Empire?No